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You're right, buddy. I'm trying to do this on a spreadsheet - I think it probably would have been easier on paper!

Paul 7
3 votes

Tyke51 4
2 votes

Mattrom 25
1 vote

1 Doug 2
1 Aristo 5
1 Anthony 11
1 Jon 12
1 Spike 17
1 Jimmy 19

With MPRS and spike still to vote we have two pacesetters, but any clue could still win.

4 Aristophanes #5
1 Paul #6
1 Jimmyg #28

Sorry to keep you all waiting. My daughter was actually already awake when I got up, which hardly ever happens because she is a teenager and it's summer. My votes are:

3 for Anthony @27, and 1 each for buddy @23, Jon @12, and Paul @7. No votes for George or Ringo.

All votes now in - a close finish. Thanks all. Third with 6 votes was paul @7.
Second with 12 votes was jono @12, but the winner, just, with 13 votes was aristophanes @5. The winning clue is:

Let out after buzzer to dash off (6)

Prizes: the first is about some actual beetles. A quote, usually attributed to the biologist JBS Haldane, on being asked whether his study of biology gave him any insight into the mind of the Creator, replied "he has an inordinate fondness for beetles." I've only seen these once, while staying in Portsmouth - come on, you southerners, do what you can!
https://www.chichester.co.uk/news/people/make-your-garden-stag-beetle-haven-833239

The second is the other sort of beatle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJMOgfJyhQ

And you were probably all expecting this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZEMj8HEen0

Well done Aristo - cheers Chrise, I was hoping for the `Spiders from Mars`
Thanks for your votes Fiery, Jono & Anthony - much appreciated!

Congrats, Aristophanes. Perhaps your next play should be The Beetles. Thanks for hosting, Chris, and for the clips. I was actually not expecting the last clip, but it brought back fond memories from my childhood, so thanks again. I recall an interview with Dean Jones where he related how they put a Porsche engine into the VW, and one day during filming he was driving "Herbie" around town, and some smartass in a sports car challenged him. Imagine the guy's surprise when Herbie blew him away.

Congrats Aristo and cheers Chris for the challenge, interesting to have two word choices where the difference was the middle letter rather than the endings. I’ll be in Dorset tomorrow, will keep an eye out for stag beetles. Thanks for all for the votes and likes